[ExI] [Extropolis]

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 9:25 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 11:51 AM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Tue at a zoom meeting we were discussing that Ray Kurzweil now
>> predicts the possibility of immortality by 2030, people took me (and
>> the other cryonicists there) to task about why we want to live a long time.
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> It's nice to have another Cryonicist on the list, I've been a fully paid up ALCOR member since 2014. It would be great if becoming an ALCOR member proved to be unnecessary but I fear Kurzweil's prediction may be a little too optimistic, although he's got a pretty good track record of making correct predictions. And besides, I could be hit by a bus tomorrow.

You might note that Kurzweil is also an Alcor member.

>> https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/tabbys-star-may-not-be-alone-as-study-finds-cluster-of-pulsating-stars/46ITNS5IJAQP444XEDA4YI7POY/
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> The thing I don't understand is that detecting a pattern in a signal is usually a sign of intelligence, but they're claiming that the randomness and lack of a pattern in a star's output is the sign of intelligence. So which is it?

Good question.  One star that does odd blinks is one thing, 15 of them
in a tight cluster is quite another.  I make no claims or
suppositions.

Keith

> There are plenty of astronomical phenomena that we don't fully understand, but I think invoking ET to explain them should be a last resort not the first one.
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> Best wishes for a long life
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> John K Clark
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